About Hugo

Hugo Balta is a Multimedia News Executive, Diversity & Inclusion expert, Management Trainer, Talent Coach, philanthropist and president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).

Hugo is currently a Senior Producer at MSNBC, driving the editorial and production vision and execution of news and political live programming.

Balta is a Talent Development Coach with the NWT Group, working with clients on evaluating all areas of television/video storytelling and performance; as well as developing a strategic plan in reaching career goals.

He is the Publisher & Executive Editor of CTLatinoNews.com, the only English news, information and entertainment outlet dedicated to Hispanics/Latinos in Connecticut.

Control Room, Fusion HQ

Hugo is the former Senior Director of Multicultural Initiatives at the Disney ABC Television Group (DATG), who led a start-up unit focused on initiatives to raise the quality, profile and delivery of diverse news gathering and storytelling.

Part of the One Nacion TV Special Team

One of his responsibilities was the creation of video and multimedia content targeting the US Hispanic audience across all platforms